It was past midnight, and my house was completely silent. Everyone was asleep.

Everyone except me.

I was lying wide-eyed in my bed, covers pulled up to my chin, and terrified out of my mind, all because I had decided to watch some stupid horror movie. It wasn’t even that good, just insanely scary.

It didn’t help that it was taking Ace longer to arrive than he’d said it would. During my time waiting for him, I made the horrible decision to finish the final bit of my movie. Spoiler alert: they all died!

To try to take my mind off it, I completed my homework, frosted the cupcakes I...